The Papaya Incident
Maya had spent the first month of freshman year treating the high school cafeteria like a sociological experiment. The seating chart was basically a pyramid—seniors at the apex, th...
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Maya had spent the first month of freshman year treating the high school cafeteria like a sociological experiment. The seating chart was basically a pyramid—seniors at the apex, th...
Maya's stupid **hat** kept blowing off in the wind. It was this vintage fedora she'd thrifted because she thought it made her look mysterious, but mostly it just made her look like...
Milo's orange hair made him a target before he even opened his mouth. "Hey Carrot Top," someone yelled as he walked into the cafeteria, clutching his tray like a shield. He'd heard...
Maya's cat Barnaby was currently losing his mind at the window, tail twitching like a metronome on overdrive. Outside, the new guy from school—Ezra, the one who sat alone at lunch ...
Maya's palms were sweating, which was ironic considering where she was headed. The Larson's annual pool party. The social event of eighth summer. And she, Maya Chen, had forgotten ...
Maya's life had officially entered zombie mode. Three days into summer break after finals week, and she was still functioning on autopilot—dragging herself through the house like t...
Maya's palms were sweating so bad she could practically irrigate a small garden. This was it—her first real high school party, and she was currently hiding behind a giant cooler li...
Marcus stared at the orange blob in the grocery store aisle. Papaya. Seriously? Who even ate papaya? But Maya had posted it on her story with the caption "obsessed with this rn," s...
The baseball sat heavy in my glove, sweat already pooling at the base of my spine. First varsity start, and naturally, my parents decided today was the day to amp up the 'performan...
Maya's iPhone screen glowed in the dark of her bedroom, illuminating the notification that made her stomach do that weird flip thing it always did when *he* posted. Lucas was at th...
The vintage orange hat sat on my desk like radioactive waste. My dad swore it was 'vintage cool,' a relic from his 90s grunge phase that he insisted I wear to the first day of soph...
My dad's old **baseball** cap sat crooked on my head, sweat collecting in the band like a tiny swimming pool. Summer before sophomore year, and I was stuck serving drinks at the co...